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{{Warning|1=Refrain from changingusing the color ofcolored links as it may impede the readerusers's ability to distinguish links from regular text., Particularlyor refrainlinks fromcolored colouringfor links forpurely aesthetic reasons. See the [[MOS:ACCESS|Manual of Style guideline on accessibility]], sections on [[WP:CONTRAST|using color in articlescontrast]], and [[WPWikipedia:NAVBOXCOLOURManual_of_Style/Text_formatting#Color|using color in navboxes]].|header=Links should clearly be identifiable as linkssuch to readers.|headstyle=font-size:120%}}

To use a colour in a [[wikipedia:template|template]] or [[wikipedia:table|table]] you can use the [[hex triplet]] (e.g. {{Mono|#CD7F32}} is bronze) or [[HTML color names|HTML color name]] (e.g. red).